New answers tagged sentence-structure
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Etwas wurde kein Partizip Perfekt vs. Kein etwas wurde Partizip Perfekt (word order)
Keine Zahlen wurden aber genannt.
This sentence is wrong, because the aber is in the wrong place, unless you somehow want to express, that no number was called "aber" (which is probably ...
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"Als" in the sense of time at the same time as "als" in the sense of "than"
First, in colloquial language, feel free to say als als. It may not be beautiful, but it isn't wrong, and often won't even be noticed.
Second, to avoid the ugly repetition, German speakers often ...
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"Als" in the sense of time at the same time as "als" in the sense of "than"
Both, "als" and "wie" have their place in comparisons. As a rule of thumb, one uses "als" when using the Komparativ, "wie" when not:
Er ist so groß wie ich.
Er ...
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"Als" in the sense of time at the same time as "als" in the sense of "than"
You were angrier than the last time I asked.
Du warst wütender als das letzte Mal, als ich gefragt habe.
The comparison goes first, then the adverbial clause that further explains the comparison.
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Verbstellung bei Aufzählungen
Grammatisch kann man das m.E. durchaus so machen. Dann ist das fehlende "würde" an der zweiten Stelle eben eine Ellipse, also eine Weglassung, um die unnötige Wiederholung zu vermeiden.
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intransitive usage of "vorlegen"
Yes, the sentence is fine. The verb there is "vorliegen", though, which is always intransitive.
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